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[Identification of item], in the Partrick Family Papers #05691, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received as a gift from Francis Newton of Chapel Hill, N.C., in March 2016 (Acc. 102534) and July 2017 (Acc. 103124).

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Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, May 2016

Revisions by: Nancy Kaiser, August 2017

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• American Field Service.
• Courtship--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Episcopal Church--Haiti.
• Episcopal Church--Mexico.
• Episcopal Church--North Carolina.
• Families--North Carolina.
• Haiti--Description and travel.
• Love-letters--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Mexico--Description and travel.
• North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Partrick family.
• Partrick, Theodore Hall.
• Partrick, Theodore, Jr., 1889-1935.
• Partrick, Watson Kasey, 1890-1961.

• Howerton Family Papers (#00359)

The Partrick family of Scotland Neck, Clinton, and Raleigh, N.C., are direct descendents of the Howerton family of Halifax County, Va. Theodore Partrick Jr. (1889-1935) was a well-respected Episcopal minister, serving as rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Raleigh, N.C., at the time of his death from complications of influenza in 1935. He also served as a chaplain and captain of the 120th Infantry in the North Carolina National Guard. Before becoming a minister, he graduated from the University of North Carolina and worked as a newspaperman in Clinton, N.C. In 1918 he married Watson Kasey (1890-1961) of Halifax County, Va. Watson Kasey had graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in math and was head of the math department at Salem College before marrying. She returned to teaching after the death of her husband.

The Partrick family included two children, Louise Howerton Partrick (1921-2005) and Theodore Hall Partrick III (1923-2005) ("Hall"). Louise Howerton Partrick married Francis Newton and with him had three children. Hall Partrick graduated from Virginia Episcopal School, then the University of North Carolina with a degree in math. He taught math for two years, then joined the American Field Service for the last few months of World War II. In 1949 he graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary and was ordained an Episcopal minister like his father. In between leading Episcopal theological seminaries in Haiti and Mexico he earned an M.A. and a Ph.D from the University of Chicago. He married Charlotte Thomas and with her had four children.

The Partrick Family Papers consist chiefly of correspondence of Theodore Partrick Jr. (1889-1935), Watson Kasey Partrick (d. 1961), and Theodore Hall Partrick III (1923-2005). Correspondence, 1905-1935, of Theodore Partrick Jr. and Watson Kasey Partrick documents their courtship and marriage, Episcopal Church work, and family life in North Carolina. There are also numerous sympathy letters concerning young Theodore Hall Partrick's serious illness in 1927 and condolence letters after Theodore Hall Partrick Jr.'s unexpected death from complications of influenza in 1935. Letters, 1932-1961, are chiefly from Theodore Hall Partrick ("Hall") to his mother, discussing school and educational pursuits; his time in Europe with the American Field Service at the end of World War II; his decision to attend seminary; family life, seminary work, and conditions in Haiti from 1953 to 1959 and in Mexico in 1961; and his research. There are also numerous sympathy letters to Watson Kasey Partrick during her illness in 1961, and condolence letters to her daughter, Louise Howerton Partrick Newton, upon her death later that year. The 2017 addition consists of letters, 1949-1962, from Charlotte Thomas Partrick to her mother-in-law, Watson Kasey Partrick, concerning family life and occasionally U.S. politics and conditions in Haiti. Other Papers include writings on Christianity by Theodore Hall Partrick for both his M.A. and his Ph.D.